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Repeat after me: piracy is not theft.

• jessaustin 13y ago
  To be precise, "piracy" isn't even piracy. After all, it's not murder, kidnapping, and plunder on the high seas.
  • RyanMcGreal 13y ago
    Thank you - you're quite right. I should have written, "copying isn't theft".
  • twerquie 13y ago
    It shouldn't be a surprise to you that words can have more than one meaning.
    • Shorel 13y ago
      This one is by design. 'Piracy' was defined as copyright violation by the copyright holders, not by general usage. Therefore, we should fight that usage, just to compensate the balance.
      • twerquie 13y ago
        I follow but disagree. The world's largest and most successful torrent site calls itself The Pirate Bay. There are political "Pirate Parties" in Canada and Sweden. It may have been a pejorative label initially, but file sharers have "owned" the name and made it their own. That's exactly how language is defined; by popular usage, not by design.